By John Mutiso
A police officer was Friday stabbed and killed during an operation to arrest murder suspects in Matisi area, Kitale’s Trans Nzoia County.
Five police officers were pursuing a wanted murder suspect in the area on Friday night when the drama turned tragic leaving constable Patrick Ouma with fatal stab wounds in the neck.
Police said the team encountered a group of young men leading to the confrontation.
Ouma was stabbed in the neck and later rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The body was moved to the mortuary pending other procedures.
According to police 23 suspects were later arrested in a swoop staged following the attack. It is not clear if the assailant was among those arrested.
The police officers had to shoot to the air in the drama to make the arrests amid tensions. His colleagues described him as a hardworking officer who was dedicated to his work.
Meanwhile, three bodies of three men who had drowned to the Lusumu river in Butere, Kakamega County were retrieved on Friday after days of search.
Police identified the three as Vincent Ritokho, 19, David Amboye 19, and Jacob Mutindo 24.
Police said they are investigating the incident which had happened on December 3. The local divers managed to retrieve the bodies on Friday before police moved them to the mortuary. In Nalondo, Bungoma County, 89-year-old Lauria Nabalayo Makokha was found drowned in a family borehole.
She had taken supper before she left home and later drowned in the borehole, her family said. The family said she told them she was going out for a short call. She took long to return when they decided to search for her. The body was found in the borehole and moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.
The borehole was uncovered. It’s not clear what happened to lead to her death.
